Suicide bombers’ final days captured on propaganda video

THE camera shows the suicide bomber warmly embracing a group of masked men. There are kisses on the cheek and a shot of him in the cab of a truck — his fingers resting on what appears to be a detonator.

He reads a statement, telling his wife and his companions: “I sacrifice myself for my religion.”

Then, as a camera films cars passing quietly across a bridge, an explosion sends up a massive ball of fire.